The School of Anthropology and Conservation will be holding a screening of two award-winning student films from previous editions of the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) … Read more
Category: Social Anthropology
Event – Legitimacy and medical practice: Ethnographic approaches
Tuesday April 2nd, 13:00 – 15:00, Swingland Room, Marlowe Building, University of Kent This workshop explores the notion of legitimacy and its contribution to the … Read more
Dr Monika Kujawska joins as visiting academic
The School of Anthropology and Conservation extends a warm welcome to Dr Monika Kujawska who will be visiting until the end of May, funded by … Read more
CBCD Guest Lecture and Seminar Series – Spring 2019
This year’s schedule of Guest Lectures and Seminars organised by the Centre for Biocultural Diversity is now available. All are free and open to all. … Read more
Botany, Race and Empire – Jason Irving at the Linnean Society
Jason Irving completed his MSc in Ethnobotany at Kent in 2018 and is now embarking on his PhD having secured a prestigious British Society for … Read more
Ethnobotanist in Residence 2019 – Professor Christian Vogl
Professor Christian Vogl from BOKU in Vienna will be in residence January 22-25th, 2019, as part of the CBCD/SAC Ethnobotanist in Residence Programme. Professor Vogl is … Read more
British Academy Memoir on John (Horsley Russell) Davis published by Professor Roy Ellen and Dr Paul Dresch
John was on the anthropology staff of the University of Kent from 1966 to 1990, and Professor of Social Anthropology from 1982. In 1990 he moved … Read more
Professor Tanya Luhrmann delivers thought-provoking Stirling Lecture
The annual Stirling Lecture is a platform in which anthropological experts from different sub-fields of the discipline are invited to share their knowledge and expertise … Read more
Dr Jonathan Mair presents research findings at Chinese community event in London
Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Dr Jonathan Mair presented his research findings at a Chinese community event hosted by London Fo Guang Buddhist Temple in … Read more
Event: Ethnographic approaches to thought about thought
Monday 3rd December, 14:30 – 17:00, Swingland, Marlowe, University of Kent Philosophers and social scientists have long debated epistemological questions, seeking to understand what it … Read more